Polina Profile

Swanlike. Noble. Poised.

Polina has a long neck that she holds high with all the dignity and grace of a swan, those most royal of birds.

WITH HER straight black hair that gleams with its own mysterious fire and dark probing, intelligent eyes, you get the feeling as you look at her that you are in the presence of nobility, a curious sense what you see her in profile that she is the model for the Queen of Spades from a set of playing cards.

If Polina is on a high it's hardly surprising. The day she turned 18, she marched into one of the super agencies in the heart of Moscow. "Here I am," she said confidently, and they got some test shots done before the day was out.

Three years later, Polina is one of the most sought after models in the Russian capital and we were privileged indeed to capture her naked for Hegre-Art at the Hotel Sovjetsky.

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What is it about some of these dark-eyed Russian girls? So beautiful, and such a moody sadness in their eyes. I keep wanting the model to smile in this set, knowing she'll break the spell, knowing there's laughter and mischief hiding in there, too, but she never does, (well, almost, but not quite) and the sadness remains. Excellent work, by both model and photographer.